Wayne A. Wiegand is the a uthor of In Silence or Indifference: Racism and Jim Crow Segregated Pu blic School Libraries\, which analyzes and critiques the world of pro fessional librarianship between 1954 and 1974 to identify racism in the pr actice and customs of public school libraries in the years leading up to t he Brown v. Board of Education decision that declared segregated schools u nconstitutional. \;
\nLibrarians around the country are currentl
y on a battleground\, defending their right to purchase and circulate book
s dealing with issues of race and systemic racism. Despite this work\, the
library community has often overlooked&mdash\;even ignored&mdash\;its own
history of white supremacy and deliberate inaction over the years on the
part of white librarians and library leadership. Wiegand takes a crucial s
tep to amend this historical record\, and his book brings to light a distr
essing history that continues to impact the library community\, its studen
ts\, and its patrons. \;
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Wayne A. Wiegand is F. Will
iam Summers Professor Emeritus of Library and Information Studies at Flori
da State University\, and author of Irrepressible Reformer: A Biograph
y of Melvil Dewey (1998)\, Main Street Public Library: Community
Places and Reading Spaces in the Rural Heartland\, 1876&ndash\;1956 (
2011)\, and Part of Our Lives: A People&rsquo\;s History of the Americ
an Public Library (2015). And with his wife Shirley A. Wiegand\, he i
s coauthor of The Desegregation of Public Libraries in the Jim Crow So
uth: Civil Rights and Local Activism (2018). \;
< em>Legacies &\; Lunch is a hybrid program offering participants the opp ortunity to attend either in person or virtually via Zoom. To participate in person\, join us at - NEW LOCATION - UA Little Rock Do wntown (333 President Clinton Ave). Parking is available in the surface lo t or the CALS Parking Deck which you can access from Rock Street. Parking will be validated. Bring your lunch\; we will provide drinks and cookies. To participate virtually\, register for the webinar using the button above . This program will be live-streamed to YouTube and the recording wil l be available immediately following the event.
\nLegacies &a mp\; Lunch is a free monthly program of CALS Butler Center for Arkansas St udies about Arkansas-related topics.
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